The Long and Winding Road

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writer:	John Lennon (The Beatles) Paul McCartney (The Beatles)

publisher:	EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) Northern Songs Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) Sony/ATV Songs LLC Sony/ATV Tunes LLC ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部

lyrics page:	https://genius.com/Barry-manilow-the-long-and-winding-road-lyrics [info] https://genius.com/The-beatles-the-long-and-winding-road-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/5368 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0011749817 [info]
Songfacts:	https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beatles/the-long-and-winding-road [info]
Wikidata:	Q640978 [info]

referred to in medleys:	The Beatles Concerto: 3rd Movement: Presto (Can’t Buy Me Love / The Long and Winding Road)
later translated versions:	Ovensuu
is the basis for:	Beatles Concerto Grosso No. 3 (In the Style of J. S. Bach): The Long and Winding Road - Overture

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1968-08-02	The Long and Winding Road (8.2.68 take 2)		The Beatles	3:40
1969-01-03	The Long and Winding Road 3.01	partial	The Beatles	0:31
1969-01-03 – 1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (live, 1969-01-30)		The Beatles	3:49
1969-01-07	The Long and Winding Road 7.01		The Beatles	4:55
1969-01-07	The Long and Winding Road 7.03		The Beatles	1:39
1969-01-07	The Long and Winding Road 7.53	partial	The Beatles	1:13
1969-01-08	The Long and Winding Road 8.102	partial	The Beatles	0:45
1969-01-08	The Long and Winding Road 8.103	partial	The Beatles	1:03
1969-01-08	The Long and Winding Road 8.104		The Beatles	6:13
1969-01-08	The Long and Winding Road 8.133		The Beatles	3:12
1969-01-08	The Long and Winding Road 8.134	partial	The Beatles	0:04
1969-01-08	The Long and Winding Road 8.135		The Beatles	2:43
1969-01-08	The Long and Winding Road 8.136	partial	The Beatles	0:07
1969-01-08	The Long and Winding Road 8.137	partial	The Beatles	0:13
1969-01-08	The Long and Winding Road 8.138		The Beatles	17:51
1969-01-09	The Long and Winding Road 9.07		The Beatles	6:17
1969-01-09	The Long and Winding Road 9.12a		The Beatles	2:42
1969-01-09	The Long and Winding Road 9.12b	partial	The Beatles	0:14
1969-01-09	The Long and Winding Road 9.13		The Beatles	2:44
1969-01-09	The Long and Winding Road 9.14		The Beatles	2:35
1969-01-10	The Long and Winding Road 10.03		The Beatles	2:53
1969-01-10	The Long and Winding Road 10.08		The Beatles	2:11
1969-01-10	The Long and Winding Road 10.74		The Beatles	4:03
1969-01-22	The Long and Winding Road 22.37	partial	The Beatles	1:02
1969-01-22	The Long and Winding Road 22.38	partial	The Beatles	0:22
1969-01-22	The Long and Winding Road 22.39		The Beatles	1:42
1969-01-23	The Long and Winding Road 23.52		The Beatles	2:43
1969-01-23	The Long and Winding Road 23.84	partial	The Beatles	0:52
1969-01-24	The Long and Winding Road 24.50		The Beatles	3:36
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road ("as nature intended")		The Beatles	3:41
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road (1969 Glyn Johns mix) (1969 Glyn Johns mix)		The Beatles	3:39
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road (rehearsal)	partial	The Beatles	0:09
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.81		The Beatles	10:26
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.82		The Beatles	4:40
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.83		The Beatles	3:40
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.84		The Beatles	1:45
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.85		The Beatles	7:28
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.86a		The Beatles	5:14
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.87		The Beatles	5:13
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.88		The Beatles	4:15
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.89		The Beatles	20:15
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.90		The Beatles	9:01
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.91		The Beatles	3:44
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.91		The Beatles	3:36
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.91		The Beatles	11:02
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.92		The Beatles	4:46
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.92P		The Beatles	11:39
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road 26.92P		The Beatles	3:38
1969-01-26	The Long and Winding Road Cha-Cha 26.86b		The Beatles	2:37
1969-01-26 – 1969-01-27	The Long and Winding Road 26.92P		The Beatles	3:46
1969-01-26 – 1970-04-01	The Long and Winding Road (2015 stereo mix)		The Beatles	3:42
1969-01-26 – 1970-04-01	The Long and Winding Road (original studio mix)		The Beatles	3:38
1969-01-26 – 1970-04-01	The Long and Winding Road (2021 mix)		The Beatles	3:38
1969-01-27	The Long and Winding Road {Rehearsal}		The Beatles	1:14
1969-01-27	The Long and Winding Road 27.19		The Beatles	17:00
1969-01-27	The Long and Winding Road 27.20		The Beatles	7:19
1969-01-27	The Long and Winding Road 27.22		The Beatles	1:41
1969-01-27	The Long and Winding Road 27.23		The Beatles	3:52
1969-01-27	The Long and Winding Road 27.24	partial	The Beatles	0:14
1969-01-28	River Rhine / Long and Winding Road 28.03		The Beatles	5:21
1969-01-29	The Long and Winding Road 29.18		The Beatles	5:10
1969-01-29	The Long and Winding Road 29.19		The Beatles	5:10
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (Let It Be… Naked version)		The Beatles	3:34
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (13A) 31.23	partial	The Beatles	0:50
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (13B) 31.24		The Beatles	3:51
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (14) 31.26		The Beatles	3:17
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (15A) 31.27	partial	The Beatles	0:18
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (15B) 31.28		The Beatles	3:37
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (16A) 31.30	partial	The Beatles	0:10
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (16B) 31.31	partial	The Beatles	0:44
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (16C) 31.32		The Beatles	3:37
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (16D) 31.33		The Beatles	4:45
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (17A) 31.36		The Beatles	2:51
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (17B) 31.37	partial	The Beatles	0:17
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (18) 31.39		The Beatles	5:38
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (19) 31.40		The Beatles	4:29
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road (take 19)		The Beatles	3:47
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road 31.20		The Beatles	1:55
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road 31.22		The Beatles	22:31
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road 31.25		The Beatles	1:07
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road 31.29		The Beatles	2:40
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road 31.35		The Beatles	2:14
1969-01-31	The Long and Winding Road 31.38	partial	The Beatles	0:18
1970-08-12	The Long and Winding Road	cover	Aretha Franklin	3:39
1976-03-26	The Long and Winding Road (live, 1976-03-26:)	live	Wings	4:09
1976-05-04	The Long and Winding Road (live, 1976-05-04: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA)	cover and live	Paul McCartney & Wings	4:20
1976-05-22	The Long and Winding Road (live, 1976-05-22: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA)	live	Paul McCartney & Wings	4:23
1976-05-29	The Long and Winding Road (live, 1976-05-29: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA)	live	Wings	4:29
1976-06-23	The Long and Winding Road (live, 1976‐06‐23: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)	live	Wings	?:??
1976-06-23	The Long and Winding Road (live, 1976-06: The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	live	Wings	5:20
1976-06-23	The Long and Winding Road (live)	live	Paul McCartney & Wings	5:20
1976-06-23	The Long And Winding Road (live, 1976-06-23: L.A. Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	live	Paul McCartney	?:??
1977	The Long and Winding Road	cover	The Langley Schools Music Project	3:50
1977	The Long and Winding Road	cover	Sarah Vaughan	3:10
1978	The Long and Winding Road (live, 1978, Japan)	cover and live	Kate Bush	1:32
1980 – 1981	The Long and Winding Road (live, 1980/81: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)	cover and live	Tom Jones	2:38
1981	The Long and Winding Road (live, 1981: The Tom Jones Show, Vancouver, Canada)	cover and live	Tom Jones	?:??
1982-11-05 – 1984-07-26	The Long and Winding Road		Paul McCartney	3:57
1982-12 – 1984-07	Long and Winding Road		Paul McCartney	3:47
1984-05	The Long and Winding Road	cover	John Bayless	4:48
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